After a competitive pitch we decided to engage Jude Read and her associates as our retained HR consultants. Working alongside me as one of my senior team, Jude has quickly got to know the business and our ways of working. As Operations Director at an SME I am responsible for a warehouse team of almost 100 working over four shifts including weekends and evenings as well as a back office and call centre staff of around 40. With lots of varied roles and lots of long term employees, we need Jude’s up-to-date knowledge of the ever-changing world of employment legislation as well as her common-sense, no fuss approach to problem resolution. Working with Jude ensures we don’t make expensive mistakes but nor do we avoid facing up to employment issues when we need to.

“As a small employer Jude’s help has been priceless in ensuring we have a robust and cost effective approach to our HR practices.  Jude is incredibly professional and knowledgeable and able to explain employer obligations in jargon free terms, taking the hard work out of the job for us! We initially contacted Jude for one off advice but having been impressed with the service provided and the no-hidden costs approach to pricing we have already called upon Jude for further advice and training needs”.

Working with Jude has taken the pain out of the onboarding process. This year effect has recruited an average of one person per month and I’ve struggled to manage all the admin that is needed. Jude has supported us by ensuring all the correct legal documentation is in place plus created and implemented a new starter process. This means that once I’ve emailed Jude’s team with the new starter’s details I do not need to worry about the legalities. Instead, I’ve been able to concentrate on making that person feel welcomed and part of the team.